Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-07-30 | Page 16 | British Textile Workers Quiet in Wage Dispute

BRITiSH TEXTILE WOR WORKERS fRS QUIET I IN General era Strike in n Cotton Mills Milk F Fails to p Develop DevelopS y lop Usual Bitterness ls S MANCHESTER England July 30 CAp AP P Three meetings o I d different cotton otton organizations today f failed to bring about resumption of ot neg negotiations iUa- iUa lIons Ions in in th the gr great at t cotton Indu industry try stoppage ge of oC which has adof off half halfa a Do million workers in a contest over i wage wag reduction rA r- r 5 S A committee of the Master Cotton Spinners 5 federation e erat on confirmed th the I action n. n of the thi employers wages committee In reducing w 2 wages lg- lg sll 12 2 1 per percent cent ent but stated readiness to tore re- re open ri negotiations MEETINGS QUIET The Spinners i Amalgamation federation ted fed fed federation discussed only domestic af affairs at fairs while whilo she he general council of the Amalgamated Weavers l association association tion at Bury simply indorsed the steps taK taken n b by their representatives tives The we weavers weavers' verB association also passed a resol resolution Uon oX expressing the full fullest appreciation ton of ot tho the determined determined deter deter- mined tand t taken ken by their members members mein- mein mem mem- bers ber I in the dispute and Ind of their thel loyalty loyalty loy loy- alty to stand firm for maintenance of r 5 the pres present nt wage waite rates NEW CONTROVERSY Delegates from tl thirty seven dis districts tiis engaged In th the weavers' weavers discussion dis dIs- dis- dis to 10 which special significanCe significance cance was as attached because they to the reduction of wages until Saturday k A new branch of ot tho the trade was Wall drawn dran into the tho QI dispute uto today on posting of ot notices by the Cotton Waste Spinners and nd Maim Manufacturers association that the pr present sent w wage ge scale would end on n Monday The employers ra of ot this association seek similar reduction of ot wages and will meet representatives nt of the workers tomorrow